Instructions
1. Relax fingers, hand and wrist.
2. When shifting move arm first from the biceps to the new position dragging
the hand and the finger, gliding on top of the string, never pushing forward
with the fingers.
3. Tune with the biceps before putting fingers down.
4. Get the 1st finger in tune and the 4th finger will
tune itself.
5. Always lift and drop 1st and 4th fingers at the same
time.
6. Know what position you're in at all times...say it out loud before you go.
(14 positions total)
7. Press on lower string more with the bow and keep bow close to the bridge.

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Additional Practice

You could also use Kruetzer #24, and almost any great violin concerto or Paganini Caprices.